Biography Research Interests Observational cosmology, distant galaxies and supermassive black holes, observations at X-ray, optical, near-infrared, submillimeter, and radio wavelengths, star formation, and accretion histories of the universe. Personal Website | Publications
Biography Research Interests Observational studies of exoplanets, from detection through to characterization of their atmospheres and climates. Observations using the WIYN telescope and the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes. Personal Website | Publications
I joined the Physics Department faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Fall 2018. I study dark energy, dark matter, neutrinos, and multimessenger astrophysics. I am particularly interested in using wide-field optical imaging surveys and pointed follow-up observations to map the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, and to learn …
Biography Research Interests I am passionate about unraveling the mysteries of exoplanetary systems. My research focuses on the life cycles of planets around both our own Sun and other stars, exploring how planets form, migrate, and interact with each other. I investigate the dynamics of multi-planet systems with a focus on understanding the outlier systems …
Biography Research Interests I work on the global structure of the Milky Way Galaxy, studying the distribution of stars and gas in order to determine the structure of the bulge, bar, disk, spiral arms, and warp. I also work on large-scale models of the ISM and high velocity clouds. Personal Website | Publications
Biography Research Interests Galaxy structure & evolution; spectroscopic instrumentation. Personal Website | Publications
Biography Research Interests My research combines unique analytic models and high-resolution numerical simulations to get new insights into the dynamical processes that form the stellar skeleton of our Galaxy. While the study of our Solar System is captivating, I am more interested in what happens outside of it. There are 300 billion stars in our …
Biography Research Interests Galaxy formation and evolution, the kinematics, chemical evolution and stellar populations of galaxies at high redshift, feedback processes in starburst galaxies, and the evolution of the intergalactic medium at high redshift. Publications
Biography Research Interests Active galactic nuclei, supermassive black holes, reverberation mapping, quasar variability, quasar broad absorption lines, optical spectroscopy, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Personal Website | Publications
Biography Research Interests High energy astrophysics and the astrophysical application of computational fluid mechanics in the context of cosmic structure formation and flows in the vicinity of compact objects. X-ray dust tomography and X-ray spectroscopy. Biography Dr. Sebastian Heinz is a professor in the Astronomy department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses …